Tinted Side Markers
04-30-2012, 03:05 AM
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Tinted Side Markers
Not a huge mod and certainly the easiest thing I've done so far, but I think it looks pretty good. I ordered the tint form AM and it's easy to do; it took me about 30 minutes to do all four. I don't have a heat gun so I used my wife's blow dryer. 
04-30-2012, 09:03 AM
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looks good - Murdered silvers, unite! 
BTW anyone reading this, I have a pair of front 10+ marker tints extra, yours for $5 + shipping. (I got a headlight tint kit and it came with extra front corner tints that I don't need) The ones I had from AM already are holding well, not worried about needing backups..
VHT looks good as well and is permanent, but I like the idea of being able to peel it off if needed, to avoid a ticket from an overly-aggressive po-po. Instead of replacing and entire light assembly.
BTW anyone reading this, I have a pair of front 10+ marker tints extra, yours for $5 + shipping. (I got a headlight tint kit and it came with extra front corner tints that I don't need) The ones I had from AM already are holding well, not worried about needing backups..
VHT looks good as well and is permanent, but I like the idea of being able to peel it off if needed, to avoid a ticket from an overly-aggressive po-po. Instead of replacing and entire light assembly.
04-30-2012, 09:38 AM
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It'll come off with goof off or something other paint remover. I had it all over my previous car and the dealer wiped it off when I traded it in.
04-30-2012, 11:16 AM
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Really? Well +1 for good info, I'd always heard once VHT was on, it was permanent. Good to know there 'is' a way to get it off if needed then! (Goop Off? Sorta like Orange cleaner?)
04-30-2012, 12:03 PM
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Goof off is good for removing sticker residue and other gunk.
05-01-2012, 01:56 AM
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05-01-2012, 06:26 AM
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Straight from VHT's page it says
"Warning: Once applied to a plastic lens, VHT Nite-Shades™ cannot be satisfactorily removed."
I have used it many times, and on a Grand Cherokee I did I got a sag and it was a bit too dark, so I tried removing it so I could redo it, and that stuff would NOT "wipe off" with paint thinner, acetone, lacquer thinner, goof off, mineral spirits, etc.. I tried everything in the cabinet here at the shop. I had a very hard time removing it, and when I did, the chemicals started to whiten the red lens and made it very dull.. Of course you could not tell once the VHT nite-shades was reapplied..
Only way that stuff will "wipe right off" is if the part was not prepped properly before applying the VHT. Most people have to work it with thinner/remover of some sort, then wetsand and polish the lens again to bring a gloss back to it